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join the discussion: Is pornography, especially hardcore pornography, too widely available in the United States today? Would you support action by the federal government to crack down on porn?

Dear FRONTLINE,

I have been looking forward to this show for sometime now. I am a healthy 30 year old male; I am educated, and work in the business world. I am, and always will be,a strong proponent of the porno business. This industry has grown in leaps in bounds for one reason, and one reason only, the internet. The reason for this is simple, the only way we get here is through sex. Sex is good, sex is human, and most of all, it should not be looked down upon as evil. What I do, and what millions of American's do behind closed doors is their business. Not the Justice departments, not the local police departments, not the church, BUT MY BUSINESS. The church especially has no right to call this act evil, considering the peadophiles lurking under the robe.

Arlington , MA

Dear FRONTLINE,

All Pornography is exploitation. It is that of men who view the material, women who subject themselves to be downgraded and objectified, children who's innocents is is stolen, teens who are victimized by the industry and the families of America whom are broken down by it's impact within our culture. Large profits are made by developers and producers but the cost to us is deadly exploitation. Stop this leathal posioning from becoming a right of free speech and not a right to exploit for profit.

Phoenix, AZ


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